New bill seeks to mandate healthcare cybersecurity standards

New bill seeks to mandate healthcare cybersecurity standards

The proposed legislation, which has the backing of the Department of Health and Human Services, would require the health agency to set and enforce cyber...

Senate bill eyes minimum cybersecurity standards for health care industry

Nearly five months after his high-profile grilling of UnitedHealth Group’s chief executive following the devastating ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden introduced a bill Thursday aimed at preventing future cyber incidents capable of roiling the health care industry. The Health Infrastructure Security and Accountability Act from Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman …

Senate Proposal Would Set Minimum Cybersecurity Standards for Healthcare Firms

Nearly eight months after a hacker attack on UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit Change Healthcare roiled the healthcare industry, Capitol Hill has fired a shot across the bow for firms operating across the industry. A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mark Warner of Virginia would, among other things, set requirements to improve the “availability and resiliency of healthcare information systems and he…